Fabrication and photocatalytic activity of mushroom-like ZnO microcrystals via a solvothermal route

Rare Metals

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL.1, 2011, Pages 173-176

  Liu, Haixia ^a   Huang, Baibiao ^a   Qin, Xiaoyan ^a   Zhang, Xiaoyang ^a   Wang, Zeyan ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Mechanism; Microstructure; Photocatalysis; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE AGENTS; AVERAGE SIZE; CRYSTALLINE PHASE; CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; GROWTH PROCESS; ORGANIC DYE; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SOLVOTHERMAL METHOD; SOLVOTHERMAL ROUTE; SOUR ENVIRONMENT; ZNO;

ADSORPTION; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ETHANOL; FUNGI; MECHANISMS; MICROSTRUCTURE; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC SULFIDE;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84862952222     PISSN: 10010521     EISSN: 18677185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12598-011-0263-z     Document Type: Article

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